GIGANTISM AND ACROMEGALY

Course overview

ACROMEGALY AND GIGANTISM ARE DISORDERS OF THE ABNORMAL EXCESS SECRETION OF GROWTH HORMONE. GIGANTISM OCCURS WHEN GROWTH HORMONE HYPERSECRETION OCCURS BEFORE THE FUSION OF THE LONG BONE EPIPHYSIS AND IS CHARACTERIZED BY TALL STATURE. ACROMEGALY OCCURS WHEN GH HYPERSECRETION OCCURS AFTER THE FUSION OF THE EPIPHYSIS LEADING TO LARGE EXTREMITIES AND CHARACTERISTIC FACIES. THIS ACTIVITY EXPLAINS THE EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF GIGANTISM AND ACROMEGALY AND EMPHASIZES THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN IMPROVING THE CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.